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Damn, Rickey's even Dumber than Jessica Simpson

After a year of struggles and inconsistency the Sox were back in the hunt of the al Central. But a road trip to Minnesota in September and 8 loses to the lowly Detroit Tigers hurt this team and eventually the Sox finished second again 86-76, 4 games behind the Minnesota Twins. Frank Thomas had another good season hitting .265 but returning to his custom power numbers hitting 42 homers and driving in 105 runs. Carlos Lee had a breakout season and hit .291 and had carrer highs in homers (31) and RBI’s (113). Magglio Ordoñez (.317) was the one to struggle some with the power numbers as for the first time in 5 years he didn’t hit 30 homers or drive in 100 runs falling short hitting 29 homers and driving in 99. Joe Crede (.261) was solid hitting 19 homers and driving in 75. Another one who struggled was Paul Konerko hitting .237 hitting 18 homers and driving only 65 runs. Jose Valentin (.237) had a good power season hitting 28 homers. Carl Everett was acquired from Texas and helped down the stretch hitting .301 while smacking 10 homers and driving in 41 in 73 games for the Sox. On the Mound Esteban Loaiza who was signed to a minor league deal had the finest season of his carrer leading the team in wins with 21, was third in the league in ERA (2.90) and led the league in strikeouts (207), Bartolo Colon went 15-13 and was second on the staff in k’s with 173. Lefty Mark Buherle struggled in the first months but after starting 1-8 turned it around and finished 14-14. Young Jon Garland went 12-13. In the bullpen veteran Tom Gordon had 12 saves and lefty Damaso Marte was dominant with a 1.58 ERA had 11. A trade for hard throwing closer Billy Koch failed and Koch only had 11 saves (after saving 44 and wining 11 with Oakland the year before) and eventually lost his job as closer. After the season Manager Jerry Manuel was fired and replaced by a familiar face in former shortstop Ozzie Guillen.

:headshake Hell let's get Todd " Our ticket to winning the world series " Ritchie back in town!

And Dimitri Young is a solid Firstbaseman??

Ohhh gooodddyyyy a late game!

He'll most likely pass through waivers. Unless some team is desperate.

No, Not if he's waived or released. The Sox would pay league Minimum if they wanted to and of course he accepts. If i'm wrong then someone may correct me

This Article = Smoke screen Getting teams to overpay that's all. f*** the Yanks :fyou

Maybe or Maybe not he's only 35 and a change in sceanary could help. Plus he would be cheap

Carl Everett is heavy and out of shape. I saw him 3 times last week down here

Read on Rotoworld There is a very good chance that John Olerud will be designated for assignment before tonight's game. There have been no takers for Olerud in trade talks, and the Mariners want to take a look at minor-leauge cult hero Bucky Jacobsen. Olerud, who has been a major disappointment this season hitting just .245 and driving in only 22 runs, could resurface with the Giants. San Francisco tried to acquire him earlier in the season, but Olerud apparently would not agree to waive his no-trade clause to go there. Perhaps he may now feel differently. Of course, the 35-year-old first baseman may choose to retire, something he has allegedly thought about the past few months.

Gracias Gracias!! Can't load them with a lot of info cause then they get boring. Tommorow is the Final one

I got a book but it only gets to 1987, after that i wrote them, Did the best i could

A disappointing year for the Sox after a good start the team slumped and was inconsistent for the most of the season, but managed to finish second (81-81) 13.5 games behind Minnesota. Magglio Ordoñez led the way hitting .320 with 38 homers and 135 RBI’s. Paul Konerko (.304) was solid adding 27 homers and 104 RBI’s. Frank Thomas came back from injury and after a slow start ended up hitting .252 with 28 homers and 92 RBI’s. Kenny Lofton (.259) signed as a free agent in the off-season started off hot but cooled off and eventually was traded to the Giants. Second baseman Ray Durham (.299) was traded at the deadline as well. Jose Valentin (.249) had another good power season hitting 25 homers but was moved around the infield once again, Leftfielder Carlos Lee (.264) hit 26 homers. Joe Crede came up in the second half and hit .280 smacking 12 homers and 35 RBI’s in 200 at bats. Mark Buherle was once again the star on the Mound going 19-12 and leading the team in ERA with a 3.58. Dan Wright Followed in wins with a 14-12 record and led the team in strikeouts with 136. Jon Garland was 12-12 and Todd Ritchie who was acquired in an off season deal failed miserably with 5-15 record and a 6.36 ERA. The bullpen was solid, Keith Foulke who lost his job as closer had 11 saves, Rookie lefthander Damaso Marte had 10 and fireballer Antonio Osuna (8-2) came back from injury and added 11 saves of his own.

Agreed

CHIMP CAREY BY A LONG SHOT

He has a cirlce change. Too bad his fastball looked like one too

A rash of injuries to key players and the pitching staff and a slow start, (even tho they recovered somewhat from June on) crippled the Sox hopes of another trip to the playoffs and eventually the Sox Finished 3rd (83-79) 8 games behind the Front running Indians. One of those Injured was Desginated Hitter Frank Thomas who tore a muscle diving for a ground ball and was out for the rest of the season batting only 68 times. Magglio Ordoñez was the star hitting .305 while smacking 35 homers and driving in 113 runs while stealing 25 bases. Paul Konerko (.282) was solid hitting 32 homers and driving in 99 runs. Carlos Lee slumped a bit a but hit 24 homers and drove in 85. Jose Valentin (.258) was moved around some and struggled with the glove, but had his Finest power season hitting 28 homers. Lead off hitter Ray Durham (.267) had 20 homers and stole 23 bases. Jeff Liefer (.256) hit 18 homers knocking in 38 runs plat toning with Jose Canseco (.258) who was signed June 20th and added power hitting 16 homers and driving in 49. Royce Clayton (.260) set a club record for fielding percentage by a White Sox Short Stop fielding .988, Clayton came back nicely after a horrible start in which he was hitting .099 in June. But the Sox suffered mostly on the mound with Injuries to James Baldwin, Jim Parque, Antonio Osuna, David Wells and Cal Eldred. But in the mist of the bad Luck lefty Mark Buherle Emerged and Went 16-8 and had a 3.29 ERA. David Wells went 5-7 but was lost in june, James Baldwin (7-5) was traded to Los Angeles. The only other double Digit winner was Right hander Kip Wells who finished 10-11 after starting the season in the Bullpen. Another partime starter Sean Lowe pitched well and was 9-4, Rocky Biddle was 7-8. Out of the Bullpen Keith Foulke had 42 saves but had 9 loses. Bobby Howry added 5 saves.

I did read correctly, But I wasn't talking about his tenure with the Sox, I meant the Brewers before the Sox got him. HISTORY!!! With the Sox he's had 2 trips to the DL which is good

I would take Brad Ausmus too

Fuentes got a good arm and good stuff but is on the DL. Ayala is allright

Burkett??? Huh!! Burkett retired he ain't even in Baseball no more

That's what i mean

Randy is a 10-5 guy. Not that he has a trade clause

He has played there in winter, But i don't think he did last year. I too could be wrong